In review: court procedure in Singapore
i Overview of court procedure Singapore’s civil procedure may be found in ROC 2021. An overview of court procedure is helpfully set out in a flowchart in Order 2 Rule 15 of ROC 2021. The flowchart covers matters relating to service, the filing of pleadings and case conferences.
A general introduction to international arbitration in Singapore
INTRODUCTION Singapore has two legal regimes for arbitration: the Arbitration Act 2001 (AA) for domestic arbitrations and the International Arbitration Act 1994 (IAA) for international arbitrations.
Navigating dispute resolution and cross-border enforcement in disputes with Chinese parties: Legal frameworks and strategies
Summary The use of mixed-mode dispute resolution processes offers flexibility to parties in the resolution of disputes and continues to be used in international commercial agreements.
Changing headquarters of a company in Romania
The headquarters of a company represents an important identification factor as it serves as the official address of the company and is used for official correspondence, administrative, tax, and legal communications.
Singapore moves to regulation of collective management organizations
This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a Formal Law Alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC. On 31 October 2023, the Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations 2023 (“Regulations”) were enacted pursuant to the Copyright Act 2021 and will take effect from 1 May 2024.
Assigning rights where a contract contains a non-assignment clause
This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a Formal Law Alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC. The High Court of Singapore has recently decided that a non-assignment clause in a contract did not prohibit the assignment of non-contractual (or tortious) rights arising out of or in connection with the contract. This article …
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Proposed adjustments to the size criteria for micro, small, medium-sized and large companies
On 13th September 2023, the European Commission (Commission) proposed certain amendments to Directive (EU) 2013/34 (Accounting Directive) in order to amend the thresholds in the Accounting Directive for determining the size category of a company to account for the impact of inflation.
Singapore corporate regulator plans changes to stiffen AML prevention
This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a Formal Law Alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC. Introduction Amidst a high-profile money laundering investigation involving (currently) at least S$2.8 billion in domestic assets, Singapore’s government has recently announced plans to introduce additional measures to strengthen Singapore’s anti-money laundering (“AML”) regime.[1]
Black Cats & Generative A.I. – How LLMs are looked at from a Copyright perspective
Developers and users of Generative A.I. (“Gen A.I.”) can find themselves having to navigate copyright challenges but to do so requires some understanding of both how a Gen A.I. model manipulates copyright works as part of its training and development and how copyright law might apply to such use.
Black Cats & Generative A.I. – How LLMs are looked at from a Copyright perspective
Developers and users of Generative A.I. (“Gen A.I.”) can find themselves having to navigate copyright challenges but to do so requires some understanding of both how a Gen A.I. model manipulates copyright works as part of its training and development and how copyright law might apply to such use. So what exactly happens to content …